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Monday, February 29, 2016

Mondays With Mary - Lions and Lambs and Leap Years

Today is that fun day that only comes around every four years. It is leap year, and today is February 29. I only have four of Mary's calendars with me: 1985, 1990, 1991, 1994. There is no rhyme or reason to having these four with me this winter. They are just the ones I grabbed as I headed out the door in January to get away from the winter of 2016. Not one of these calendars have leap year in them.What about a comparison of what happened in those four years on March 1, the day which might come in as a lion or a lamb. Do people even talk about such a thing in places where the weather is constantly wonderful. Growing up we knew that if March came in like a lion, it would go out like a lamb and vice versa.Friday, March 1, 1985windy36 degrees @ 7:15 sun shininganother beautiful day - took SS check to town - ate lunch in town. Ardea & I drove over to Carroll in p.m. home about 4 p.m. Vern filled propane stove tank in a.m.Sunday, March 31, 1985( side note) Everything stuck with 2 to 3 inch of snow on it.30 degrees at 8:30 a.m still snowing, windy, about 10 inches of snow - drove into Scranton about 4: p.m. snow melting, put snow in back of truck for weight.Looks like March was in like a lamb and out like a lion in 1985. 'Thursday, March 1, 199023 degrees @ 6:15 windy all day.I went to Carroll for groceries & some fabric -Duane out in a.m. for machinery trailerVern went to town awhile in a.m. too windy to spit wood in p.m.read awhile - talked to Micki T on her birthday.Saturday, March 31, 199042 degrees @ 8 a.m. John's bob tailed H had b calf.Vern & Pat Murphy out listening for turkeys.I went to Terrills in a.m. for coffee & a book @ library. went for ride in p.m. for cigs & candy down around Dunbar to see geese.Friday, March 1, 1991raining to-day. Duane out in a.m. to feed cows & Inarecaulked bathtub - made chili & potato soup to take to Hilts for Micki's birthday party - had a good time lots of fun & surprises still raining to-niteSunday, March 31, 199138 degrees @ 6 a.m. warmed up to 40tiescool winds - made carpenter wheel pillow B24A had calf in a.m.Went for ride in p.m. Mickey & Nona called to-day

Tuesday, March 1, 199410 degrees @ 5:30 a.m. warmed up foggy allmorning Vern went to Bayard for a hair cut.John Eich killed in fog. hit a school bus. Jon B got the last 7 bales from 80. We went to Carroll in p.m. for Vern's boots, got him a pr of pants. Talked to Margie to-nite.Thursday, March 31, 199430 degrees @ 3:30 a.m. 34 degrees @ 6 a.m. Vernplowed in a.m. Jon put fertilizer on for corn ground.Granny & Bl 58 both had calves. Duane out & took silage cutter home. beautiful day to 60 ties - I went to Sabus for FN club in p.m. washed & ironed 2 quilt backings in a.m.Once again March came in like a lion and went out like a lamb. Of course, far worse than the weather on March 1 was the accident that took John Eich's life. John was the owner of Arcadia Limestone Company with whom Vern contracted the mining of the gravel pit on the farm.I also guess that Mary had some trouble sleeping on that last day of March. I am so glad to learn what the temperature was at 3:30 a.m. that day. (Insert sarcastic or smart- aleck font) Of course, maybe that makes up for the lack of a temperature report on March 1, 1991when all we learned was that it was raining. This is the first time I have come across a missing temperature report. Maybe there are others, but I doubt it. More calendar reading will tell.